Geomorphological evidence towards a de-glacial control on volcanism

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1164-1178

  Carrivick, Jonathan L ^a   Russell, Andrew J ^b   Lucy Rushmer, E ^c   Tweed, Fiona S ^d   Marren, Phillip M ^e   Deeming, Hugh ^f   Lowe, Oliver J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Jacobs   (United Kingdom)

^d STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glacial outburst floods; Ice volcano interactions; J kulhlaups; Landscape development; Sediment landform associations; Sub glacial volcanism; Volcanic lithofacies

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATIONS; GEOMORPHIC EXPRESSION; GLACIAL ADVANCES; GLACIAL MELTWATER; GLACIAL OUTBURST FLOODS; HIGH ELEVATION; HIGH GRADIENT; HOLOCENES; ICE SHEET; ICELANDS; LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT; LITHOFACIES; NUMERICAL MODELS; PILLOW LAVAS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SUB-GLACIAL VOLCANISM; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC EDIFICE; VOLCANIC LITHOFACIES;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; BUILDINGS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FLOODS; GLACIERS; ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VOLCANOES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CHRONOLOGY; DEGLACIATION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; ICE MARGIN; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; JOKULHLAUP; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LITHOFACIES; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; KVERKFJOLL; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 68349140411     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1811     Document Type: Article

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